Spenser: Bad Business (Series #31) (Paperback)

from Charlie

Once again, the best trait in this Spenser book is the dialog, it is snappy and contains a great deal of deadpan humor. Spenser is hired by a woman to follow her husband and prove that he is guilty of infidelity. At first, it appears to be a simple job, a few days of standard shadowing and the co...

from benfulton

Good solid Spenser. There's nothing wrong with a formula if you can make it interesting. Late in a series it's hard to come up with plausible plotlines and the thinly disguised Enron company in this one must have been a nice inspiration. I didn't care for the "free love" angle as I don't think tr...

from nbmars

Bad Business is the 31st (!!) novel by Robert B. Parker featuring Boston private detective Spenser. This one, unlike many of the others, is an actual who-done-it of the Agatha Christie form. It features many of Spenser's sub-characters, notably Hawk, Vinnie Morris, and Boston homicide detective H...

from raizel

I agree with the other reviewers: cotton candy for the brain, but his candy always has some meat hidden inside. This time he tries to explain Enron. The only thing that bothered me is that if Hawk's current girlfriend had been someone else, Spenser might have never found out what was really going...

from MeriJenBen

Spenser, initially hired to get proof of adultery for a divorce case soon finds himself investigating the man's murder. Trent Rowley, a high ranking executive at the energy firm Kinergy, was shot twice in his office. Spenser, investigates, soon finds Rowley was a student of Darrin O'Mara, a radio...